Re: TAB in Eval: prompt in minibuffer?

[Chong Yidong]

Lennart Borgman <address@hidden> writes:

>> Is there any reason not to bind TAB to `lisp-complete-symbol' for the
>> "Eval:" prompt in minibuffer? It is bound to
>> indent-for-tab-command' now.
>
> TAB in the minibuffer normally is used to complete the whole contents
> of the minibuffer, but the "Eval:" minibuffer can contain arbitrary
> expressions.  What you want is already available via M-TAB in the
> minibuffer.

What's the point of indenting lisp expressions in the minibuffer?